Gloves

Cool Tools: These Spectra/Kevlar gloves are used in the restaurant industry to defend against knife and mandolin cuts, as well as handling trash that may have protruding bits of glass and fish bones. I read about them in a cooking magazine, and bought one glove after cutting myself on a mandolin.

Best Safety Glasses: 10 Brands You'll Actually Want to Wear

Pro Tool Reviews: I remember my first safety glasses well. I was working for the power company, and they were the most uncomfortable, ugliest glasses I ever wore. Fortunately, ANSI-certified eye protection has merged with designers who have an eye for style, and today’s best safety glasses are a sight for sore eyes.

Studson Sets Its Sights on New Safety Glasses

Pro Tool Reviews: Safety glasses are one of the most important pieces of PPE on the jobsite. Eye protection is no joke, as one slip-up can result in permanent disability. Studson has recently shifted our gaze away from their excellent safety helmets and announced the expansion of its safety glasses lineup with two new models. I’ll show you what to expect so you can decide if you should look their way.

Trends in ... women’s PPE

2020-10-25 | Safety+Health Magazine: Personal protective equipment for women should be based on women’s sizes – not men’s. Why is this important? Because PPE that doesn’t fit correctly won’t adequately protect female 
workers. To learn more, Safety+Health spoke with Melissa Black, CSP, president 
of MsR3 LLC and adjunct faculty member at Columbia Southern University, about the trends she’s seeing in PPE for 
women.

Trends in personal protective equipment 2020

July 2020 | Safety+Health Magazine: The COVID-19 pandemic has put personal protective equipment in the spotlight and made “PPE” a common term among the public. Safety+Health, with assistance from the International Safety Equipment Association, recently reached out to PPE manufacturers with three questions: What trends are happening now, what challenges are your customers reaching out to you with, and what technological innovations are here or on the horizon?

Theater seamstresses, actors mobilize to make protective gear for doctors

Broadway News: Broadway tailors and seamstresses have been mobilizing to make masks and gowns for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These seamsters sprang into action after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo asked individuals and businesses to help hospitals facing shortages of N95 masks and other protective equipment. Brought together by their unions and by Broadway stars, members of the community have taken over studio spaces and contacted centers in need in preparation for the work.

Entertainment Technology Companies Turn To Medical Needs

www.livedesignonline.com: “I think we were one of the first industries to come to a screeching halt,” said John Huddleston, director of Live Events for Upstaging, in an interview for WGN9 in Chicago. His Sycamore, IL, company has retooled from equipping large concert tours for the likes of The Rolling Stones, Billie Eilish, and Paul McCartney to making protective masks and plastic room dividers, using a warehouse of equipment, a fleet of semis, and employees to fabricate products. “We’re pivoting to whatever’s in demand,” Huddleston adds. Watch the video interview with Huddleston here.

Final installment of 2018 70E changes video ser...

NFPA Xchange: The 2018 edition of 70E is now available and NFPA has developed a five-part video series featuring our technical experts who can help explain some of the changes. In our fifth and final video, Chris Coache, NFPA’s senior electrical engineer, and Derek Vigstol, NFPA’s electrical technical lead, discuss Personal Protective Equipment (or PPE).